Pedro Caldes

Pedro Caldes (died 1498) was a Papal chamberlain and the lover of Lucrezia Borgia.

Biography
Pedro Caldes was born in Valencia, Spain, and he served as a soldier in the Spanish Army under Gonzalo de Cordoba. Caldes fought in the Italian War of 1494-98, and he was introduced to Pope Alexander VI after assisting Guidobaldo da Montefeltro and Cordoba in liberating Rome from France in 1495. The Pope sent Caldes to entice his daughter Lucrezia Borgia to return home from a convent where she was staying, but he failed. Nevertheless, the Pope took a liking to him, and he made him a Papal chamberlain. Caldes later became a lover of Lucrezia, fathering a child with her. when Cesare Borgia found out, he stabbed him to death and threw his body into the Tiber River.